YSG: Stroke and Heart Disease
Speaker: Lisa
Speaker: Lisa
Speaker: Kimia Dasteh Goli, Guest Speaker: Dr. Yasmeen Faroqi-Shah with an Invitation to sentence production study
Speaker: Elena Fishkin
Speaker: Kimia Dasteh Goli
Kimia discussed aphasia, apraxia, and dysarthria in preparation for a September 23rd discussion by Dr. Preeti Raghavan on language plasticity.
Dr. Preeti Raghavan, a physiatrist from Johns Hopkins University, discussed language plasticity.
Dr. Martin Lanoff introduced physiatry, a specialty that looks at the whole body, working with you to select the best way to treat your disability. 21 attended.
Kimia presented about heart disease and its relationship to stroke. 18 attended.
Professor Yasmeen Faroqi-Shaw led a discussion about dysarthria, one of the speaking issues that you can get from a stroke. 16 attended.
Dr. Preeti Raghavan joined to address questions about congenital heart conditions. 16 attended.
Kimia and Layli organized a Jeopardy-style meeting where members answered trivia questions for points. 19 attended.
Kimia led the discussion on visual disturbances that can occur after a stroke. 15 attended.